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The mourners place flowers at the edge of the fountain before a vigil on the Place de la Fontaine where a shooting took place the day before and killed three civilians, Friday, September 7, 2018, in Cincinnati. The suspect Omar Enrique Santa Perez entered the fifth center and started firing before being neutralized by police officers. (AP Photo / John Minchillo)
CINCINNATI – The Latest on the 6th of September: shootings in a Cincinnati Bank building (local at all times):
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The husband of a Fifth Third Bancorp executive who is recovering from being shot at least 12 times offers thanks to the Cincinnati police and other first responders who helped save his life.
Waller Austin states in a statement that his wife Whitney Austin "still has a long way to go to recover". Vice-president of the regional banker based in Cincinnati, she improved in good conditions after being admitted in critical condition on September 6 after the bank shots killed four people, including the gunman.
Austin says that they are still trying to figure out how she survived after the shooter fired at her.
He says they are "so grateful" for the bravery of the officers who opened fire to end the rampage.
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9:50
Employees returned to work in a bank building in which four people, including the shooter, were killed last week.
The lobby of the Fifth Third Bancorp headquarters building remains closed on Monday as investigators continue to try to find out why a 29-year-old man opened fire in the downtown Cincinnati tower.
A fifth CFO and two contractors were killed on Thursday. A bank vice-president and another contractor remain hospitalized in good conditions with gunshot wounds.
Stacie Haas, spokesperson for the company, says advisors are available for employees.
Omar Enrique Santa Perez shot randomly in the hall until the police shot him. Police said they had about 250 rounds for their legally purchased 9mm handgun.
Police say that he has never worked there and that an apartment search did not explain the attack.
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6:50
Investigators will continue this week to try to explain why a 29-year-old man opened fire on a tower in downtown Cincinnati last week.
Four people, including the gunman, were killed last Thursday. Two victims of the shots were listed on Sunday under fair conditions. One of them had initially been admitted in critical condition.
Omar Enrique Santa Perez, aged twenty-nine, began shooting inside the headquarters building of the fifth bank. Police said they had about 250 rounds for their legally purchased 9mm handgun.
Police say that he has never worked there and that an apartment search did not explain his attack.
Meanwhile, a local t-shirt company has produced a "Cincy Strong" shirt for victims and first responders.
Cincy Shirts co-owner Josh Sneed told The Cincinnati Enquirer that the company planned to raise more than $ 10,000.
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